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Chapter 118
Sublevel – The Corridor of Steel and FireThe red lights bled across the walls, turning the frozen corridor into a tunnel of hell. Every breath steamed in the cold, but sweat trickled down Emily’s spine all the same. She could feel the tremors under her boots, the hum of machinery deep below, the pulse of something unnatural growing stronger.Genesis moved first.It charged like a living avalanche, shoulder ramming the wall as it came. The steel groaned under its weight, sparks flying in wild arcs. Emily fired, each shot cracking through the chaos, but the rounds only slowed it like pebbles striking a storm.James darted left, knife flashing. He plunged it into Genesis’s side, twisting hard. The blade bent with a screech of metal, snapping off in his hand. Genesis turned, eyes glowing brighter, and with one sweeping backhand, it hurled him across the corridor. He crashed into a bulkhead, crumpling with a groan.“James!” Emily shouted, but there was no time.Ethan was already moving. H
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Inside the Base – Lower CorridorsThe deeper they went, the louder the hum became. Machinery. Generators. Or something far worse.Emily held up her fist—halt. Ahead, a bulkhead door hissed, releasing a breath of freezing air. Beyond it, shadows moved in synchrony, like a rehearsed dance.James muttered, “More of Liam’s toys.”Victor tapped his scanner. “Correction—more of his failures. Power spikes suggest instability. They won’t last long.”“Unstable or not,” Emily whispered, “they’ll kill us just as dead.”They advanced. Ethan took point, his body trembling with both adrenaline and something darker—a pull, like gravity, tugging him forward. Toward Zane. Toward answers.⸻Observation Deck – Liam’s LabRiley strained against her bonds, wrists raw. Below her, through reinforced glass, she saw them: pods. Rows of them. Each one holding a figure suspended in viscous fluid, wires burrowed deep into skulls.Some twitched. Some screamed silently. Some floated still as corpses.Her stomach c
Chapter 116
Baltic Coast – Two Nights LaterThe wind screamed like a living thing. Snow lashed sideways, stinging skin through thermal masks. The abandoned NATO base loomed ahead—half-buried in ice, its skeletal towers jutting from the cliffside like broken teeth.Emily crouched behind a dune, scanning the compound with night-vision. Heat signatures pulsed faintly through the fractured roof. Guards. Patrolling in precise, mechanical formations.“Not mercenaries,” James muttered over comms. “Their movements are too… synchronized.”Victor adjusted the frequency scanner. His face tightened. “They’re not mercs. They’re augmented. Neural links. See how they pivot? Same lag time. Same feed.”Ethan exhaled slowly, steadying his rifle. “So Liam’s already field-testing them.”Emily felt the cold settle deeper in her chest. This wasn’t just a lab. It was a proving ground.“We go quiet,” she said. “No alarms. No second chances.”James gave a curt nod, slipping a suppressor onto his weapon. “Quiet I can do.”
Chapter 115
Undisclosed Location – Two Days LaterThe safehouse wasn’t safe anymore. Not really. Not after the message. Not after the drone.Emily stood in the command room, staring at the freeze-frame of Liam’s last broadcast. His eyes—cold, calculated—still burned on the screen. It was no longer about Ethan. It wasn’t even just about Revenant. This was bigger. And darker.Victor paced behind her, muttering calculations. James was silent, but alert, checking ammo counts and comms frequencies. Even Ethan, still pale and recovering, had insisted on being briefed.They didn’t have much time.“Whatever Liam’s built,” Victor said, “we’re already behind. The fact that he sent that footage means he’s ready. Confident.”“Cocky,” James corrected. “Which might be our only advantage.”Emily turned. “We need to know where that lab is. And fast.”Victor paused. “There’s something… odd about the video metadata. It’s been wiped, but the compression artifacts? They’re consistent with Valkyrie equipment.”“You t
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Safehouse Echo – 5 Days LaterClassified Location, Somewhere in Northern EuropeThe snow outside fell in slow spirals. Gentle. Almost peaceful.Emily sat on the edge of the metal steps overlooking the clearing, arms wrapped tightly around her knees. She hadn’t slept much. Not because she couldn’t—but because she wouldn’t. Sleep meant letting her guard down. And the past few years had taught her that peace rarely came without a price.Behind her, the door opened.James stepped out, quiet as ever. He didn’t say anything at first. Just walked over and stood beside her, hands tucked into his coat pockets.“You been out here all night?” he asked finally.Emily shrugged. “Don’t know. I lost track.”He looked at her, carefully. “He’s stable. Heart rate’s back to baseline. Neural readings are slow, but functional. Victor says that’s a good sign.”Emily nodded, but her eyes didn’t move from the trees.James sat down beside her. “You’re not convinced.”“It’s not that.” Her voice was soft. “I ju
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Blackrock Sublevel 6 – Control GalleryLiam’s hand hovered over the manual purge switch.Below, Ethan and Emily stood side by side—battered, defiant. His control systems were compromised. His top operative was no longer his.And for the first time in years, Liam was improvising.“You’re both already dead,” he said through the intercom. “You just haven’t hit the floor yet.”Emily’s eyes locked onto his. “You built this place on pain. You won’t leave it standing.”Liam sneered, tapping a code into the panel. “I’ll bury it with you in it.”Behind them, a blast door slammed shut—trapping them in the chamber. Gas hissed from hidden vents.Ethan stumbled back, eyes burning. “Neuro-gas. Same compound they used at Site 12.”“Then we shut it down,” Emily said, already moving toward the manual override on the wall.Her hands flew over the panel, but the system was encrypted. Liam’s voice came again—cold, amused.“The only thing you’ll override is your last breath.”Then—BANG.A bullet cracked
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